Pre-service chemistry teachers' ideas about reaction mechanism

Journal of Turkish Science Education

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-60

  Taştan, Özgecan ^a   Yalçinkaya, Eylem ^b   Boz, Yezdan ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alternative conception; Chemical kinetics; Pre service chemistry teachers; Reaction mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954881024     PISSN: 13046020     EISSN: 13046020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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